I never realised Alison Mau did comedy. This could explain why we find so many of her articles objectionable; she is trying to be funny, but we don’t understand the humour. This latest piece is a cracking work of comedy, however. All Alison needs now is a bit of
With security issues highly newsworthy in New Zealand in wake of the atrocity last March, domestic terrorism a hot-button subject and the anniversary of the despicable act looming you could be forgiven for thinking that the launch of a New Zealand based journal featuring the writings of experts in
Duncan Garner is brutal about Jacinda Ardern’s “smiling drivel” or her pledge for Labour to be transparent and truthful with election campaigning this year. So the PM wants to be relentlessly positive in a factual campaign run by Facebook’s rules. Pass me a giant sick bag and send
Source: brokenpromises.co.nz Promise: Driver Training “This government will offer all high school students free driver training and financial literacy, as part of a toolkit giving all school leavers valuable practical skills.” Speech from the Throne Broken promise: The Prime Minister has announced a scheme to help 2500 young
George Information Satire “Oh dear another public engagement, when does a youth adjacent girl like me get a break? I’m sorry Clarke, unfortunately, it’s just another day you will have to take care of our little cutie.” “Darn, I’m always the handbag. When do I get time
Source: brokenpromises.co.nz Promise: Free Doctors Visits “Free doctor visits will be extended to everyone under 14, with teen health checks for all Year 9 students.” Speech from the Throne Broken promise: A lovely sentiment that has not been delivered. The promise was made by Labour to NZ First.
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Will Maori overtake NZ European in Labour’s term? If they do, it’ll be a historic first. quarterly-benefit-fact-sheets-national-benefit-tables-december-2019Download
All things pass, but decades later Jewish survivors still vividly remember the Holocaust. Memories of Nazi Germany’s cruel attempt to annihilate the Jews are still raw and painful, but when these survivors leave this world to join their forebears, digital and written records of this shameful period in history
We criticise Jacinda and her government continually for performing badly, or not performing at all – think Kiwibuild, mental health, child poverty, and yet we fail to mention the things that she has done faster than anyone else. It took Helen Clark five years to fall out with Maori, and that
Source: brokenpromises.co.nz Promise: Youth Suicide “New Zealand’s high suicide rate, especially for adolescents, is shameful. This government will increase resources for frontline health workers and will put more nurses in schools to make it easier for young people and others with mental health problems to get the
The Taxpayer’s Union has revealed that the government is funding astrology amongst other alternative and non-scientific practices. In a comment to Stuff, the Ministry of Health says it is encouraging its Healthy Families providers to incorporate ‘maramataka’ into their services. Maramataka is the traditional study of lunar cycles.
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Source: brokenpromises.co.nz Promise: Police “As part of keeping our society safe, this government intends to add another 1800 new police officers over the next years and will investigate a volunteer rural constabulary programme. Community law centre funding will increase and a Criminal Cases Review Commission will be established.
Source: brokenpromises.co.nz Promise: State Services State Services Minister Chris Hipkins promised in mid-2018 that his government would “reduce the reliance on expensive consultants and contractors, saving taxpayers many millions of dollars a year”. Chris Hipkins, 2018. The total spend across all 30-plus public sectors at that
Press Release: Temple Sinai Just when world leaders gather in Jerusalem to remember the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and to reaffirm a commitment to fight Antisemitism cowards defaced the exterior of Temple Sinai in Wellington, New Zealand with swastikas. The Union for Progressive Judaism and the
